M.F. Husain’s Work Faces the Market

A broad selection of works by M.F. Husain, including many paintings featuring his trademark horse imagery, will be going under the hammer in three separate auctions in coming weeks, the first major sales to take place since the Indian master passed away in June.

Affectionately dubbed India’s Picasso, Mr. Husain was one of the country’s most admired and controversial artists. A leading figure of India’s Modernist school of painting, he has long been one of its top-sellers as well.

A few months after the artist passed away, how are potential buyers likely to respond to his work? While there is a certain pre-auction buzz surrounding the paintings on sale, some are questioning whether collectors will start being more discerning about his vast artistic oeuvre. This is, in some ways, not just a major market test for Mr. Husain but for Indian modern art as a whole. India Real Time has more.